The first 25 of 50 available PGA TOUR membership cards for the 2017-18 season were secured on Sunday at the Web.com Tour’s final Regular Season event, the WinCo Foods Portland Open presented by Kraft-Heinz, contested on the Witch Hollow Course at Pumpkin Ridge Golf Club.
Brice Garnett, who entered the week with a win under his belt from last month’s Utah Championship, posted rounds of 71-67-63-65—266 (18-under) to win by four shots over David Skinns, Sam Ryder, Ben Silverman and Abraham Ancer.
The $144,000 first-place check pushed Garnett up to No. 1 on the Web.com Tour money list with $368,761 in season-long earnings.
The 34-year-old will be returning to the PGA TOUR this fall after spending the 2013 through 2016 on golf’s biggest stage, where he notched four top-10 finishes. Garnett, along with the other 24 card earners, will carry over earnings to the Web.com Tour Finals, where positions on the priority ranking list, used to set PGA TOUR fields each week, will be finalized.
An additional 25 cards will be awarded following the conclusion of the four-event Finals, which begin this week in Columbus, Ohio with the Nationwide Children’s Hospital Championship. The final three events consist of the Albertsons Boise Open presented by Kraft Nabisco (Sept. 11-17), DAP Championship (Sept. 18-24) and Web.com Tour Championship (Sept. 25-1). The second set of 25 cards will be based on money earned solely in the Finals.
Mexico’s Roberto Diaz, who spent much of the afternoon nervously watching the leaderboard, earned the 25th and final card with $157,823 in earnings. The former USC-Aiken golfer entered the week at No. 24 on the money list and left his fate in the hands of Keith Mitchell after a T43 finish.
Mitchell, who entered Sunday’s round tied for the lead, needed to birdie the par-5 18th to earn his PGA TOUR card, but failed to get up and down from left of the green and wound up at No. 26 on the money list. The closing par allowed Diaz to claim the final card.
The top 25 who secured their 2017-18 PGA TOUR membership are:
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The 25
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Hometown
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Stats
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College
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1) Brice Garnett
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Gallatin, Mo.
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Two wins, five top-10s
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Missouri Western St.
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2) Sam Ryder*
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Orlando, Fla.
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One win, six top-10s
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Stetson
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3) Abraham Ancer
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McCallen, Tex. / Mexico
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Three runner-ups
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Oklahoma
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4) Andrew Landry
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Port Neches-Groves, Texas
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One win, six top-10s
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Arkansas
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5) Stephan Jaeger*
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Chattanooga / Germany
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Two wins
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UT-Chattanooga
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6) Talor Gooch*
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Midwest City, Okla.
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One win, five top-10s
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Oklahoma State
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7) Kyle Thompson
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Greenville, S.C.
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One win, four top-10s
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South Carolina
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8) Andrew Putnam
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Tacoma, Wash.
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One win, four top-10s
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Pepperdine
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9) Chesson Hadley
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Raleigh, N.C.
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One win, three top-10s
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Georgia Tech
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10) Ben Silverman*
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Thornhill, Ont., Canada
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One win, five top-10s
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Florida Atlantic
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11) Nate Lashley*
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Scottsbluff, Neb.
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One win, five top-10s
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Arizona
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12) Adam Schenk*
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Vincennes, Ind.
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One win, five top-10s
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Purdue
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13) Andrew Yun*
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Chandler, Ariz.
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Four top-threes
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Stanford
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14) Ted Potter, Jr.
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Ocala, Fla.
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Ten top-25s
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N/A
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15) Austin Cook*
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Little Rock, Ark.
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Eleven top-25s
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Arkansas
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16) Zecheng Dou*
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Henan, China
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One win, two top-10s
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N/A
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17) Conrad Shindler*
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Dallas
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One win, three top-10s
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Texas A&M
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18) Aaron Wise*
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Las Vegas / South Africa
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One win, two top-10s
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Oregon
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19) Matt Atkins*
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Owensboro, Ky.
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One win, two top-10s
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USC-Aiken
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20) Xinjun Zhang*
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Shanxi, China
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Two runner-ups
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N/A
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21) Brandon Harkins*
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Walnut Creek, Calif.
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Four top-10s
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Cal State – Chico
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22) Lanto Griffin*
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Blacksburg, Va.
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One win, two top-10s
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VCU
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23) Beau Hossler*
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Mission Viejo, Calif.
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Two runner-ups
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Texas
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24) Ethan Tracy*
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Columbus, Ohio
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One win
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Arkansas
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25) Roberto Diaz*
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Jacksonville, Fla. / Mexico
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Two top-10s
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USC-Aiken
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